lachie 2025-07-07 10:42 a.m.Your Honour, State v Memphis was my first ever case that went to trial alone with no assistance. I knew I would make mistakes, one of which was calling up the affiant of the AoPC first, instead of the Correctional Officer who recorded Exhibit A. This was a grave and silly mistake, and it lied in the fault of my unpreparedness and lack of experience and knowledge. I scrambled, and tried to find a solution. Following, I thought to believe that maybe there was a case were an expert witness could authenticate evidence he did not personally take/make. At the time, I thought to believe the quickest solution was asking ChatGPT for case law that supported this argument. ChatGPT then produced United States v. Rodriguez, to which I, naively and stupidly, did not think to fact check due to once again, my lack of experience and knowledge, which is no excuse. I presumed that this case would of course be existent, as to why would it provide it if it wasn’t? I now see that AI solutions can be incorrect and once again a grave mistake was made to submit this into the record. My intention was not to mislead the court in any way. My only goal was to support my argument in good faith. I ask for forgiveness, however accept full responsibility and respect your decision completely.
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